Tomato foccacia


Tomato foccacia
Foccacia is an open-textured Italian bread. The French sometimes refer to it as the Italian fougasse. This version is made with preserved tomatoes, green olives and parmesan.
99 K 4.4/5 (16 reviews)
Grade this recipe:
Keywords:
Last modified on: October 24th 2017
For this recipe: Comment Send to a friend Ask me a question Follow Printable Diaporama Video
For 5 foccacias, you will need:

Change these quantities to make:
Change measures:
Times for this recipe
Preparation: 45 min.
Resting: 2 hours 15 min.
Cooking: 1 hour 55 min.
All in all: 4 hours 55 min.
When should you start or finish this recipe?
If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time
To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 1
Roughly chop 400 g green olives.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 7 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 2
Cut 400 g preserved tomatoes into small pieces and add to the olives.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 3
Cut 200 g Parmesan (Parmigiano Reggiano) into small dice and tip in with the tomatoes, scatter the herbes de Provence over and mix well.

Stage 4
Tomato foccacia : Stage 4
In bread-making, the water temperature is always important. It's not a fixed value, but related to 3 other temperatures: 1) the temperature of your flour, 2) the room temperature in your kitchen, and 3) the basic temperature of this recipe, which is 52-56°C.

You can calculate the temperature of the water for this recipe in one click, using this small calculator.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 10 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 5
Put into a food mixer bowl: 900 g flour, 125 g instant mashed-potato powder, 700 ml water, 18 g salt, 25 g yeast and 200 g Soured dough.

Knead on slow speed for 10 minutes.

Note: For the best way to knead, see: A few tips for effective kneading at home.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 6
Towards the end of kneading, trickle in 75 g olive oil.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 3 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 7
Finish by tipping in the olives, tomatoes and parmesan. Knead again just until these are mixed in.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 hour 30 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 8
Gather the dough into a ball, transfer to a large bowl, cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 15 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 9
After this, weigh out 700g chunks and shape into balls.

Cover the dough with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 15 minutes.

Stage 10 - ⌛ 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 10
Flatten the dough out by hand to expel the gas...

Stage 11
Tomato foccacia : Stage 11
...then reshape into balls.

Put into bread rising baskets (bannetons).

Stage 12 - ⌛ 2 hours
Tomato foccacia : Stage 12
Cover with a plastic sheet and leave to rest for 2 hours.

Stage 13 - ⌛ 5 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 13
Preheat the oven to 240°C (460°F).

Slash the tops of the foccacias...

Stage 14 - ⌛ 25 min.
Tomato foccacia : Stage 14
And bake for about 25 minutes.



Note: As when baking any bread, you should ensure that the oven is filled with steam for the first 15 minutes of baking. This page shows you how; it really is the secret of golden-brown, crusty loaves..
Remarks
For the olive oil, you can use the oil from the tomatoes; the flavour will be even better.
Keeping: A few days.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe220 RDI=80 %970 RDI=90 %1,280 RDI=190 %8,310 RDI=420 %34,780 RDI: 420 %
Per 100 g7 RDI=3 %30 RDI=3 %40 RDI=7 %290 RDI=20 %1,220 RDI: 20 %
Per foccacias40 RDI=20 %190 RDI=20 %260 RDI=40 %1,660 RDI=80 %6,960 RDI: 80 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman
Possible allergens in this recipe: Gluten, leaven, milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 5 foccacias : 17.15 €
  • Per foccacias : 3.45 €

Change currency:

Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
Other recipes you may also like
Green parsley sauce
Green parsley sauce
This sauce, with a great parsley taste, is perfect with steamed vegetables or fish. At the bottom you will find the coulis version of this recipe.
February 21th 2011561 K 44.3 25 min.
Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie
Lemon Tart / Meringue Pie
Lemon tart is one of the great classics of French patisserie. The are lots of versions with different kinds of pastry and filling. This one uses sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée) and lemon curd as the filling. Just top with meringue for that other classic: lemon meringue pie.
March 23th 201663 K5 3 hours 25 min.
How to seal a terrine or casserole dish
How to seal a terrine or casserole dish
The French have a term for it: "luter", which means to seal around the lid of a cooking dish with dough. The dough forms a crust and hermetically seals in all the steam and flavours while the dish is cooking in the oven. This is a good way to concentrate flavours. The dish is brought to the table sealed and the crust broken open in front of diners so that everyone can share the delicious smells as they are released at that fleeting moment. It is possible to use ordinary January 11th 2017216 K3.7 35 min.
Enchiladas
Enchiladas
Enchiladas are tortillas (cornmeal pancakes), filled with a pre-cooked filling, then topped with grated cheese and browned in the oven.
May 8th 201975 K 1 hour 45 min.
Pea and avocado salad
Pea and avocado salad
This very green salad recipe combines the soft texture of peas, avocado and hard-boiled eggs with the crunch of flaked almonds. Shavings of Mimolette add a colourful finishing touch with both flavour and bite.
July 5th 202057 K 30 min.
News list of cooking-ez.com

Sign up to receive the latest recipes (next batch due to be sent on 2026-04-26)

*Your e-mail Your first name or nickname
I am not a leaving thing
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Post a comment or question
Posted by:
I am not a leaving thing

Follow this recipe
If you are interested in this recipe, you can "follow" it, by entering your email address here. You will then receive a notification immediately each time the recipe is modified or a new comment is added. Please note that you will need to confirm this following.
I am not a leaving thing
Note: We'll never share your e-mail address with anyone else.
Alternatively: you can subscribe to the mailing list of cooling-ez.com , you will receive a e-mail for each new recipe published on the site.

Back to top of page